Our Appalachian Trail thru-hike attempt started on the first day of spring, March 21, 2012. Although we didn’t accomplish our goal of a one-season thru-hike of the AT, the Trail taught us many things, including patience and perseverance. We learned a lot about living out of a backpack, and about ourselves.
These journal entries are arranged in order from oldest to newest. We posted them live from the AT as we were hiking. The entries by John are the first writing he did for FloridaHikes.com.